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Ongoing Notifications

Following the 90 day Trademark Claims Period for each new gTLD, the Trademark Clearinghouse runs the Ongoing Notifications service. Trademark holders will be notified of potential intellectual property infringement indefinitely, beyond the original 90 day period.

Whenever someone has activated a domain name in a new gTLD that matches the Ongoing Notifictions Labels linked to a mark that is recorded in the Trademark Clearinghouse, the trademark holder will receive an e-mail informing him of this domain name registration, so he can take the necessary steps.

Exact Match & Variations

For the exact match label(s) generated at the time of registration in the TMCH, there is no additional cost, the service just needs to be activated.

Additional Variation labels for Ongoing Notification can now also be added to the mark at the price of 1USD per label per year. The pricing will align with the expiration date of the mark. There are three types of variations accepted: containing, partial & variation.For more details on the variation rules: go here.